Harness-buckle



(N0 Model.)

J. T SUTTON am. M. TERRY. V

HARNESS BUCKLE.

No. 352,959. PatentedNov. 23,1886.

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

JEssEY T. sUTroN AND GEORGE M. TERRY, or SHARON, TENNEssEE.

BUCKLE.

ePacrr-IcA-rroN forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,959, dated November 23, 1886.

Application filed May 8, 1886. SerialNo. 201,580. (No model.)

.liar construction and arrangement of the various parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, which illustrate a harness-buckle embodying our invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a harness to which our improved buckle is applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the buckle detached from the harness. Fig. 3 is a like view of the buckle, showing the manner with.

1 are arranged in different planes.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote-corresponding parts in all the figures, A designates our improved harness-buckle, which is adapted to receive one end of the back-strap and the trace of the harness, which are passed through thebuckle without interfering witheach other, and are connected to independent tongues of the same, the lower end of theback-strap being passed beneath the buckle and connected to the bellyband.

The buckle A consists of three open frames, B, O, and D, which are cast in a single piece of metal, and each made square or rectangular in form. The end frames, B and O, are arranged at right angles to each other, to receive the back-strap and trace, respectively, and these frames are arranged on different sides-of the central frame, D, as clearly shown, so that they One of the bars, (Z, of the central frame, D, forms one side of the frame B, and another bar, d, of the said central frame forms the inner side of the frame 0, and on these bars d d of the central frame are pivoted the inner ends of the independent tongues b and c of the frames B C, respectively. Theseswingingtonguesareconnected with the bars d d of the central frame by bending or turning the inner ends of the tongues around the said bars, so as to connect them with the middle frame in such manner that they are free to swing outwardly from and inwardly toward their respective buckleframes, and the outer free ends of the said tongues are tapered or pointed to permit them to enter the openings or holes in the straps very easily and readily.

By making the end and central frames in a single piece of metal, and so arranging them that two sides of the central frame form one side of each of the end frames, and bending the inner ends of the tongues around the bars of the central frame so that they are free to swing, we provide a harness-buckle which is unequaled in points of simplicity, durability, lightness, and strength of construction. The parts of our buckle are also very compactly arranged, so thatthey take upbut very little room in packing and shipping them; and the buckle can be manufactured for a trifling sum.

The trace or tug E passes through the horizontal frame 0, in rear of the front bar thereof,and in front of the bar 01, and finally through the central frame, D, andin rear of the rear bar thereof, as shown, the front end of the.

trace being connected to the hames, as is usual. The back-strap F first passes through the upper vertical frame, B, in rear of the upper bar thereof, then over the bar d of the central frame, and through the latter in rear of the trace E, and finally beneath the buckle. The

tongue of the frame 0 passes through one of a .series of openings in the trace, as shown, and

the tongue of the frame B likewise passes through one of I the series of apertures in the back-strap, and by this means the harness can be readily adjusted to adapt the same to animals of different sizes. The lower end of the back-strap F is connected to the belly-band by an. intermediate buckle, g, of any preferred pattern.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A harness buckle comprising a central frame, D, and the integral end frames, B 0, arranged at right angles to each other,the sides d d of the central frame forming the inner sides of the ,end frames, and the independent tongues lying at right angles to each other, and each pivoted on one of the bars of the central frame, in combination with a trace passing through the end and middle frames, 0 D, and having the tongue of the frame 0 passing through an aperture therein, and the backstrap passing through the end frame, B, with the tongue thereof fitting in an aperture therein, the lower end of the back-strap being passed through the central frame in rear of the trace therein and connected to the belly-band,

substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures 15 in presence of two Witnesses.

JESSEY T. SUTTON. GEORGE M. TERRY.

Witnesses:

B. D. BoGERs, E. E. PARHAM. 

